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5h ago
inPSA: That $150 Park Tool cable cutter I bought snapped on the third use
Bought a Park Tool tire lever set once. Snapped two of them prying off a stubborn Gatorskin. My buddy laughed and handed me a $3 set of plastic ones from the gas station. Those things are still kicking in my garage five years later. I don't get it. Sometimes the expensive stuff just fails harder.
6h ago
inHonestly hit 500 hours of stacking deep sky photos and I'm kinda blown away
Right? @ray613, I mean at this point I'm just calling it an expensive hobby with extra steps. I put three months into this side project and all I got was a headache and a lighter wallet. But hey, at least I can add 'professional time waster' to my resume (which nobody's gonna read anyway). Honestly, if the bills aren't getting paid, it's just a sad little science experiment that failed. I'm starting to think my time might be worth more than zero dollars an hour, but what do I know?
17h ago
inOverheard a guy at the tack shop say something that made me rethink my hoof angles
That's pretty much how I feel about half the tips my grandpa gave me, honestly.
22h ago
inChat with a buyer in Japan changed my gig description completely
That's gold when a buyer tells you straight up.
1d ago
inTIL old barns in Vermont have mortise and tenon joints that still hold after 150 years
Yep, I've been in a few of those old frames. That whole "green wood" thing is real but it's not just about shrinking. The builders back then knew the oak or hemlock had to be cut and shaped while still wet so it would shrink onto the peg or lock into the mortise. I've had to replace a rotted sill plate on an 1880s barn in upstate New York and those tenons were so tight I had to cut them out with a chainsaw. If you ever have to repair one, don't try to force it back together with metal brackets. Just cut a new tenon from green lumber and let it season in place. It'll lock up tighter than anything you can buy at the hardware store.